1
as in truth
agreement with fact or reality
some viewers complained that the TV docudrama was short on factuality and long on speculation
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2
as in reality
the quality of being actual
although this account of the scheme seems like it must be fiction, its very factuality makes it all the more fascinating
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factuality
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The simple truth is that quality parental outcomes can’t be legislated, nor can they be forced.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025 -
In truth, Ellie’s argument before the council isn’t all that persuasive.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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In reality, most borrowers will see their incomes increase over time, both increasing their potential loan payment, and increasing the likelihood of paying off the loan.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The trial over a 2016 heist that saw reality star Kim Kardashian robbed at gunpoint is kicking off.—
Juliette Jabkhiro, Makini Brice,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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By August 2025, the University must submit to the government a report—certified for accuracy—that confirms these reforms.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Discuss Tools’ Trustworthiness Women tend to be more cautious about AI’s fairness and accuracy.—
Corinne Post,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In fact, all weekend long, the South African star has been delivering one knockout outfit after another.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
4 May 2025
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In fact, the pair seemingly met at a birthday party for Blake Lively's daughter a month before their romance went public.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
4 May 2025
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Caruth’s determination to cleave simultaneously to the idea both that the traumatic memory is the only historic fact the individual possesses and that this facticity remains incapable of adequate representation is paradoxical bordering on the perverse.—
Will Self,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Nov. 2021
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This new discipline borrowed features from philology and belles lettres—period specialization and close reading, respectively—but abjured their emphasis on facticity and appreciation in favor of a new goal: interpretation.—
Evan Kindley,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Feb. 2023
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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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